Seven Days in May, written by Fletcher Kneble and Charles Bailey and published in 1962, portrays a tense, nearly successful coup of American government by a cadre of senior generals. A quote on the cover of the paperback attributed to the Army Times said, “They say it can’t happen here, but if it does, it probably will be pretty much as Knebel and Bailey say.”
Wrong. Over 18 days in August three senior generals accomplished a coup peacefully, co-opting a volatile President and inexperienced Secretary of State.
On July 31, retired Marine four-star General John Kelly moved in as President Trump’s Chief of Staff. Over the first 18 days in August, he began consolidating his power, culminating in the ouster of the President’s closest advisor Steve Bannon.
Kelly’s rise gives him and two other generals extraordinary power in the Trump administration. Retired Marine four-star General Jim Mattis serves as Secretary of Defense. Active-duty three-star Army General H.R. McMaster serves as National Security Advisor. With Bannon’s ouster and no-one appointed to replace Kelly as Secretary of Homeland Security, these three now dominate military and national security policy decisions.
Business Insider discounts Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, saying there is “concern among some diplomats that he is not a major player in Trump’s national security team.”
“Connected by their faith in order and global norms, these military leaders are rapidly consolidating power throughout the executive branch as they counsel a volatile president,” said a Washington Post article.
In the novel, generals attempted a military coup to replace a president they saw as weak and misguided. Ironically, one of their concerns was their president’s willingness to trust Russia. Many experienced foreign policy experts see our current president as weak and misguided, and he wants to work with Russia.
The influence of the generals became clear last week when President Trump announced not only will the United States maintain its military presence in Afghanistan indefinitely but will send more troops and expand their role. Prior to that, Trump and Bannon were singing from the same song book – how many years must a failed war go on before it is allowed to end?
Until last week, Trump had called leaders “stupid” who wanted continued U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. Now, Vice President Pence is justifying expanded military operations and proclaiming opportunities for a "stable" and "prosperous" Afghanistan, talk reminiscent of another failed war, Vietnam.
A Reuters commentary said, “Bannon’s departure may have made Trump more likely to listen to his generals and dive more deeply into the Afghanistan mess.” Indeed, Bannon lost out and the generals took control, unlike Seven Days in May where patriots thwarted the generals’ coup.
Trump’s bellicose approach to North Korea, statements about intervening in Venezuela, hints he may pull out of the Iran nuclear accord, and, now, his flip-flop on Afghanistan feed concerns that the generals will push military force ahead of diplomacy.
Still and all, it’s too soon to say this coup puts warbringers in charge. Wise and cautious generals can be effective peacemakers. Pray for peace.
Crawford is syndicated columnist from Meridian (crawfolk@gmail.com)
Kingfish note: This column is a complete smear upon the military.
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Bill Crawford: The Generals' Coup
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Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".
In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.
In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.
Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.
Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!
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There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.
If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
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I'm going to spend as much time responding to his article as he did preparing for it.....
TRUMP is doing just what we elected him to do....
And he is doing a hugely fantastic job...
Destroying the Republican Party!!
We are loving it!
Bannon was an advocate of contracting efforts in Afghanistan out, with Blackwater. He wasn't an advocate of pulling completely out of the country. Blackwater's track record in post-9/11 U.S. operations is terrible. Bannon deserved to be tossed into the street.
The Barbours and other RINOs whose only interest is PORK to lavish back home destroyed the Republican Party. Excluding the show votes Gregg Harper voted time and again with Obama and Pelosi. Trump has only lit the fuse on the time bomb the RINOs built.
But the Sandersons are damn happy.
What qualifies Bill Crawford to comment on anything? He's a failed politician. I don't understand why these stupid columns ever get printed. Anyone who reads Bill Crawford's columns will be dumber for having done so. Just complete idiocy.
Go back to ignoring Trump. This garbage shames you and your blog.
It's not a "coup" when Trump HIRED Kelly for COS.
Trump is a notorious coward who won't fire anyone to his face (hence his delight in playing the opposite on TV). He has Kelly doing the dirty work for him. Which is entirely proper for a COS.
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And Kingfish pays him by the page to submit them. When you answer the call for contributions, you're paying this clown.
Actually you little liar, Mr. Crawford does not charge money for his weekly column. Nice try.
3:33 if you actually expect anyone to believe those numbers as accurate you must be a faithful OM football blogger as well.
To say that MS Litigation - a really good site, btw - gets 20 times the viewership of the CL - granted, a really poor site, but... -,or that Northside Sun or Mississipp MOM gets ten times that of JJ, or Judge Primeoux gets nine times that of the SH -- is ridiculous. All these reports of pageviews are not reflective of viewership.
Trump will soon be gone. The generals will keep us safe until then. This was how it was done in the last days of Nixon when Alexander Haig was the de facto POTUS.
@5:41 PM = Lost in space
Rather than using a fictional example of the potential danger of too much power in the hands of the military, perhaps, Egypt's modern history would have been a better example. But, Mr. Crawford realized, I suspect, that you all would know the plot of fiction but not the details of the soico-economic consequences in a foreign country when the government is having trouble governing and the military is positioned to take control.
It might have been useful for Mr. Crawford to have quoted President Eisenhower as well or better yet, reprinted his whole speech. But, that would required a thoughtful audience as well.
I've no doubt that Kelly and Mattis and McMasters are honorable men and patriots. I have no doubt the generals who stepped in in Egypt were also honorable. It's how you go forward once that becomes necessary that is prickly and especially dangerous to a democratic republic.
1:28pm Trump did not HIRE Kelly, he appointed him. We the People pay Kelly's salary. I realize you don't see the difference, but Kelly's duty is not to Donald Trump or the GOP, but to our Nation and the office of the Presidency.
But, 1:28 pm, you nailed the problem. I won't try to explain to you why business and government are different but rather remind you ( since neither you nor our President seem to see that) that even in business when the corporation is large, the shareholders can oust the CEO if he is not running the operation well.
You can't run the U.S. government as you would a family owned business. But, I would suggest to you that even in a family owned business, if the head of the operation doesn't understand how his "widgets" are made and sold, if he's losing all but the most loyal customers, the business will fail. Indeed, his employees may just start their own widget business and see it as a favor to the customers! Get it now?
And, please the rest of you, your seizing on every article to vent about who you don't like politically or your fanatic support for a single human or group is useless and boring. You preach to the choir and the rest of us yawn. You gain nothing but ego soothing by having some tell you they agree. They agreed anyway.
Pity @8:24 AM who has spent lifetime struggling w/ personal and professional inadequacies.
Hey 541, those numbers are rank, as in the lower your number, the higher your rank. You could also liken it to golf, where the lower numbers are better.
8:24 does not see how our government is more of a family owned business that he seems to realize. Look at all of the related politicians. Many of them only have experience being a politician like many of their families. If they had to stand on their own work they would never be elected.
Politics is a family business. Just look around.
9:03 am Your attack of the messenger ( the sign of a weak mind) is hysterically funny to me ( 8:24 am). I was able to retire with no loss of income long before 65 because of my accomplishments. How are you doing? ROFL,
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